Finding Your Room
Room availability
You can check current room availability on our live timetable page - Timetable 12/13
Key to room numbers
| Prefix | Building | Sample room number |
|---|---|---|
| MB | Main College Buildings (incorporating the Old Building and the Philips Building) | MB G50 = College Buildings, ground floor MB 502 = College Buildings, fifth floor |
| B | Brunei Gallery | B102 = Brunei Gallery, first floor |
| F | Faber Building, 23-24 Russell Square | F104 = Faber Building, first floor |
| T | 21-22 Russell Square | T101 = 21-22 Russell Square, first floor |
| V | Vernon Square | VG06 = Vernon Square, ground floor |
| 30 RS | Birkbeck College, 30 Russell Square | 30 RS 103 = 30 Russell Square Room 103, first floor |
| MAL | Birkbeck College Main Building, Malet Street (entrance off Torrington Square) | MAL 415 = Malet Street Room 415, fourth floor |
| IALS | Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square | IALS L101 = Institute of Advanced Legal Studies room L101 |
Where in the building?
| V | G | 04 |
|---|---|---|
| Vernon Square | Ground floor | Room number 4 |
| B | 1 | 02 |
| Brunei Gallery | First floor | Room number 2 |
Maps
Plan of the Russell Square Campus
Please note that:
- The main College buildings are made up of the 'Old Building' and the extension 'Philips Building'.
- Rooms that start with a ‘G’ are on the ground floor of main College buildings.
- Rooms that start with an ‘L’ are on the lower ground floor of main College buildings.
- Rooms that are 'MB' with just a number are in the main College buildings on the floor indicated by the first digit (e.g. MB 389 is third floor).
- KLT is the Khalili Lecture Theatre, on the lower ground floor of main College buildings.
- 30 Russell Square and Malet Street are two buildings belonging to Birkbeck College which are sometimes used by SOAS for teaching.
